Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/molëmpi

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From *mo- +‎ *-mpi. The nature of the middle component *-lV- is uncertain.

Pronoun

*molëmpi

1. both

Descendants

• Finnish: molempi

From the nominative plural *molëmbat:

• Estonian: mõlema, mõlemad
• Finnish: molemmat
• Ingrian: molommat, molemmat
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: molommat
  • South Karelian: molommat, molemmat
• Livonian: mȯ’lmõd
• Livvi: mollembat
• Ludian: molembad
• Veps: molembad
• Võro: mõlõmbaq
• Votic: mõlõpõd

Further reading

• “mõlema”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012